Monthly Archives: August, 2021
A sweet note
Was packing my desk earlier when I recalled this sweet note from this learner, who feels just very much like my own child. While this simple note was given to me during Teacher’s Day in 2020, it still brings about sweet memories as it is not common for students to share words of appreciation these …
Words of thanks from 1 reader
This is an email which a parent wrote to me. This is all the more touching as this parent’s email was sincerely to comment about the nature of my posts, and not to explore the possibility of sending the child to me. Indeed, while the modus operandi for tutors is to clarify the slots and …
Synthesis & Transformation
Synthesis & Transformation remains one of the topics which is very difficult to hit perfect score. Under typical circumstances, one of the most confusing aspects of this section is Reported Speech, whereby students are confused about the conversion of tenses. The link below will detail down the tense conversion. That said, the child will need …
13 months….
This student has come a long way, consistently getting above 80 for mock papers after spending about 13 months with me. Over the past 2-3 weeks, we started training her momentum in tackling papers, not so much about topical knowledge, but about time management and the ability to manage the pressure during examinations. Indeed, this …
Creative writing vs fundamentals
More often than not, I will receive calls from parents inquiring about English lessons, and more specifically, Creative Writing classes. Understandably, “Creative Writing” is an “ATAS” jargon coined by many commercial centres offering English Writing classes. Now, is this what your child needs? If a child has problems writing fluently in English, should he or …
Passion In Learning 